United Kingdom Mahler and Lutosławski: Ulrich Heinen (cello), Birmingham Festival Orchestra / Jamie Phillips (conductor). Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, 30.8.2014. (GR)
Challenging Lutoslawski-Mahler Concert from Hallé’s Assistant Conductor
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Wonderful Wagner in Birmingham but Andris Nelsons’ Elgar is not yet the Finished Article
United Kingdom Wagner and Elgar: Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 25.8.2014 (JQ)
Dramatic Concert Performance from Karita Mattila in Ariadne auf Naxos
United Kingdom Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos (Concert performance): Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.7.2014. (GR)
CBSO Season Ends Magnificently with Janáček and Bartók
United Kingdom Janáček and Bartók: Michelle DeYoung (soprano), Gábor Bretz (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner, (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2.7.2014.
Cape Town Opera Bring Broadway to Birmingham with Show Boat
United Kingdom Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat: Cape Town Opera and Chorus, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra / Gareth Jones) (music director), Birmingham Hippodrome, 2.7.2014 (GR).
Birmingham Treasures the Moment with Nelsons and Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart: Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and CBSO Chorus / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.6.2014 (GR).
CBSO on Top Form in Strauss’ Symphonia Domestica
United Kingdom Beethoven, Richard Strauss: Paul Lewis (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchrestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19.6.2014 (RD)
Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée as Entertaining and Delightful as Ever
United Kingdom Hérold, La Fille mal gardée (ballet music arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery): Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, / Philip Ellis. (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 11.6.2014. (GR)
